Abdul Rashid Thomas, The Sierra Leone Telegraph [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Government of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Alliance Partners – a development company owned by film actor Idris Elba and Sierra Leonean entrepreneur – Siaka Stevens, have today 30th September 2019, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in New York, to establish a strategic public-private […]
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Sister Cities: The Connection between Charleston and Freetown, Sierra Leone | South Carolina Public Radio
By Victoria Hansen, South Carolina Public Radio Dressed in a brightly colored, patterned dress and wearing stylishly large, black rimmed glasses, 51 year-old Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr flashes the most fantastic smile. The mayor of Freetown, Seirra Leone in West Africa has travelled more than 4,000 miles to visit Charleston and South Carolina’s Sea Islands. She must […]
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Sierra Leone cancels $300 million airport deal with China | The Philadelphia Tribune
Sierra Leone has nixed plans to build a controversial, $318 million airport outside the capital of Freetown with a Chinese company and funded by Chinese loans.
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Who Is Frances Tiafoe? Federer Sure Found Out | The New York Times
Frances Tiafoe, a 19-year-old from Hyattsville, Md., pushed Roger Federer, a 19-time Grand Slam champion, deep into a fifth set in the first round of the United States Open on Tuesday night under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium before losing, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4.
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Sierra Leone Mudslides Unlikely to Leave Survivors, Rescuers Say | The New York Times
DAKAR, Senegal — Rescuers in Sierra Leone’s capital said on Friday that it was unlikely any of the hundreds of people buried in mudslides this week were still alive, after torrential rains that hit the country’s capital left more than 400 people dead.
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Once Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ an Ebola fighter dies in childbirth due to stigma of virus – The Washington Post
As the chaos and tragedy of the Ebola outbreak engulfed parts of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in 2014, a more insidious ill took root: distrust of all who had come into contact with the disease.
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‘Devil Boy’: Down’s syndrome in Sierra Leone – Al Jazeera
In a country that demonises mental disabilities, a mother recalls the journey of her community’s acceptance and remorse.
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